BEIJING, June 4 (Xinhuanet) -- A passenger plane carrying more than 150 people crashed into a two-storey building in Nigeria’s largest city --Lagos on Sunday, killing all passengers aboard and many on the ground.
The head of the Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority said none of the passengers on board the aircraft survived. Meanwhile, the Nigerian National Emergency Management Agency, said there were likely more casualties on the ground, but the number was unknown.
The Dana Airlines flight took off from Nigeria’s capital city Abuja to Lagos. It crashed in a residential area just outside the airport. Al-Jazeera has said people on the ground believe the aircraft may have hit a power line and then crashed into the building.
The accident happened barely 24 hours after a Nigerian Allied Cargo airplane crash-landed in Ghana, killing at least 10 people.
According to China's Xinhua news agency, at least 6 Chinese citizens were among the 153 people on board the Nigeria passenger plane. Earlier, the Chinese Embassy in Nigeria put the number at 4.
(Source: CNTV.cn)
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